Using prominent, graphic pictures on cigarette packs warning against smoking could avert more than 652,000 deaths, up to 92,000 low birth weight infants, up to 145,000 preterm births, and about 1,000 cases of sudden infant deaths in the U.S. over the next 50 years, say researchers from Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Their study, published online Nov. 3 in the journal Tobacco Control, is the first to estimate the effects of pictorial warnings on cigarette packs on the health of both adults and infants in the U.S
Although more than 70 nations have adopted or are considering adopting the World Health Organization's Framework Convention for Tobacco Control to use such front and back of-the-pack pictorial warnings -- an example is a Brazilian photo of a father with a tracheotomy -- they have not been implemented in the US. Pictorial warnings have been required by law, but an industry lawsuit stalled implementation of this requirement. Currently, a text-only warning appears on the side of cigarette packs in the U.S.
But would such pictures deter fans of The Walking Dead ?
(Score: 2) by Snotnose on Wednesday November 09 2016, @03:45AM
One of the props was to increase the tax on cigs by $2. I was torn between my hatred of cigarette smokers, and my feeling that giving Sacramento even more money would make things worse. I'm 90% sure I voted to raise the tax, that was one of the harder propositions to decide on.
No on 61, my meds would go up
Yes on legalizing mary jane, should have happened 40 years ago
Fuck no on giving Spanos money to build a stadium
Why do I care if porn folks wear condoms or not, fuck no on that one
I use my plastic bags as garbage bags, they're full of garbage when I toss them. Hell no on that one
Jeez, there were some 20 something of these things and these are the only ones I remember.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.